Kudos to @Sledog for some good beer & food spots in Sandpoint, ID. McDuff's atmosphere(s) between the Brewery and the Beer Hall are great and the beers are pretty good, too. Grabbed some No-Li Porch Glow Amber from the Super1 (best grocery stores ever) to keep the fun going before heading off to Missoula for the game.
Now, after a tough-tough loss to Weber at home, I'm inhaling all the Cold Smoke I can get my hands on and finding brown, porter and stouts wherever I can, because IPA is Kryptonite to my brain cells and the mere mention of it causes me PTSD. Classics? Oddly I've been on an Eagles kick for the past week and I keep hearing Lyin' Eyes at eateries around town.
I opened two bottles of the non-vanilla variety yesterday. I don't think the vanilla is worth the extra $5, but it's also really good, and I did get one of them and drink it in December. Abraxas is my favorite beer, period. Local bottle shop only gets it this time of year, so I stock up. I can only drink so many $30 bottles, so I leave these for special occasions.
Yes. I hear the brewery that collaborates on that is really good, but I prefer any variety of Abraxas (regular, vanilla, BB) over the Bombraxas. I had one, and it's good, I just like Abraxas better. It's decently coffee-forward if you're into that.
Not a big beer guy. I was onto loving real mai tais way before DDY. I'll probably never not be 12 pounds more than I want to be because of my love of tiki drinks and classic cocktails before it became a trend.
I am beer only, but my taste in beer has changed a lot as I've gotten older. I swear I'm allergic to Galaxy hops. Used to get so many dirty looks during Covid drinking an IPA.
The hardcore shit these guys drink I typically start feeling like around this time of year.
Annual Skamania Lodge trip is coming up and I'm really looking forward to Thunder Island and Backwoods. And possibly the places in Hood River.
Is Galaxy hops Space Dust? Space Dust always sticks in my head because a few Christmases ago in my hometown/current town they had Christmas party and a woman in a Grinch costume drank so much Space Dust she passed out and shit her pants at the bar.
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10 out of 10, highly recommend.
What did you pay, if you don't mind me asking? Best I can find it for is $29.
It was $25 at Costco in Gig Harbor.
Kudos to @Sledog for some good beer & food spots in Sandpoint, ID. McDuff's atmosphere(s) between the Brewery and the Beer Hall are great and the beers are pretty good, too. Grabbed some No-Li Porch Glow Amber from the Super1 (best grocery stores ever) to keep the fun going before heading off to Missoula for the game.
Now, after a tough-tough loss to Weber at home, I'm inhaling all the Cold Smoke I can get my hands on and finding brown, porter and stouts wherever I can, because IPA is Kryptonite to my brain cells and the mere mention of it causes me PTSD. Classics? Oddly I've been on an Eagles kick for the past week and I keep hearing Lyin' Eyes at eateries around town.
Is the universe trying to tell me something?
Best Orange IPA/Pale in the entire NW, rather easily.
I am not listening to any classics, but enjoyed a cab that drank like a wild fermented sour aged 4 years in oak barrels.
Opening this tonight. 98 score on Beer Advocate. Not sure about how high Fanduel has it ranked, though.
Also got this for good measure.
Breakfast?
I opened two bottles of the non-vanilla variety yesterday. I don't think the vanilla is worth the extra $5, but it's also really good, and I did get one of them and drink it in December. Abraxas is my favorite beer, period. Local bottle shop only gets it this time of year, so I stock up. I can only drink so many $30 bottles, so I leave these for special occasions.
Have you had the Bombraxas variety? Coffee and vanilla. I went vanilla since it was the last on- hand.
Yes. I hear the brewery that collaborates on that is really good, but I prefer any variety of Abraxas (regular, vanilla, BB) over the Bombraxas. I had one, and it's good, I just like Abraxas better. It's decently coffee-forward if you're into that.
Belching beaver is pretty good this time of year.
Place I go to always has their peanut butter stout on tap.
Not a big beer guy. I was onto loving real mai tais way before DDY. I'll probably never not be 12 pounds more than I want to be because of my love of tiki drinks and classic cocktails before it became a trend.
I am beer only, but my taste in beer has changed a lot as I've gotten older. I swear I'm allergic to Galaxy hops. Used to get so many dirty looks during Covid drinking an IPA.
The hardcore shit these guys drink I typically start feeling like around this time of year.
Annual Skamania Lodge trip is coming up and I'm really looking forward to Thunder Island and Backwoods. And possibly the places in Hood River.
Is Galaxy hops Space Dust? Space Dust always sticks in my head because a few Christmases ago in my hometown/current town they had Christmas party and a woman in a Grinch costume drank so much Space Dust she passed out and shit her pants at the bar.
One would think Space Dust would use galaxy hops, but, strangely, it does not.
Drunk Silent Hill 2 Remake after the wife and kids are in bed >>
Mrs Nacho’s favorite of the HH Beer Glass collection.